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FORM B - BUILDING MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL COMMISSION 294 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108 -- -- Area 48-M Form no. 48-113 PHOTO (3x3" or 3x5", black & white) Staple to left side of form Photo number Ro11 10 frame_4A SKETCH MAP Draw map showing property's location in relation to nearest cross streets and other buildings OI geographical features. Indicate north.
Town Uxbridge Address 81 North Main Street Historic Name/ Benjamin, Adams House Use: Original -residence Present .same Ownership: Z] Private individual Private organization Public Original owner Benjamin Adams DESCRIPTION: Date pre-1792; ca.1800-1815(decorativ details) Source exterior & secondary sources Style Federalist Architect unknown Exterior wall fabric aluminum Outbuildings stable ADAMS HOUSE - STABLE NORTH MAIN SEAGRAVE STREET Recorded by B.R.Pfeiffer Organization Uxbridge Historical Commission Date May 1981 Major alterations (with dates) 2/2 sash & aluminum siding installed(20th C.) side porch added (ca.1900-1920) Moved no Approx.
acreage 1.86 acres Date N/A Setting in residential district of frame houses of 19th & 20th centuries UTM: 19 282100 4661830 Quad Ux (Staple additional sheets here) Form #48-113 ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE (describe important architectural features and evaluate in terms of other buildings within community) Although altered by aluminum siding and replacement sash, the Benjamin Adams House preserves several excellent elements of its original Federalist design. The house is a two-storey, timber-frame structure set on a foundation of hammered granite. The facade (west) is symmetrical and contains at its center a fine Federalist doorway consisting of a panelled door (mid-19th century surrounded by sidelights and an elliptical fanlight.
Set in front of the entry is an open porch supported by paired engaged columns (east) and paired fluted columns (west); these columns support a cornice and half-hip roof. Extending the length of the facade is a cornice decorated with mutules. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (explain the role owners played in local or state history and how the building relates to the development of the community) In addition to its high quality Federalist trim, the Adams House possesses historical associations with Benjamin Adams, Uxbridge's second lawyer. Born in Mendon in 1764, Adams graduated from Brown University in the 1780's and came to Uxbridge to study law with Nathan Tyler, the town's only lawyer. Upon completion of his studies, Adams was admitted to the bar and moved to Hopkintor where he practiced law for one year.
Following the death of Nathan Tyler (1790's), Adams returned to Uxbridge and assumed Tyler's practice. Subsequent] Adams served as Uxbridge's representative to the General Court (1809-1813) and as the representative to the U. S. Congress for Worcester South (reported var- iously as 1820-1822 and 1815-1823). At least one source (Chapin) credits Adam's defeat for re-election to Congress to a strong speech he delivered in favor of tariff protection for American manufacturers. Chapin claims that this pro-tariff position aroused the opposition of the "commercial interests of Boston" and of Daniel Webster who worked for Adam's defeat in 1822-1823. In 1825, Adams was one of the founders of the Blackstone Bank. By the mid-1850's, the Adams House had been sold to a member of the Gunn family, probably George Gunn, a manufacturer of men's suits and also the father of Horace E.
Gunn, a pharmacist, who owned the house in 1898. The Benjamin Adams House possesses integrity of location, design, setting and work- manship, as well as historical associations with Benjamin Adams, a locally prominent attorney and representative to the United States Congress during the Federalist period. The Adams House meets criteria A, B and C of the NRHP. BIBLIOGRAPHY and/or REFERENCES Maps & Atlases: 1855, 1857, 1870, 1898 Uxbridge 250th Anniversary Commemorative Book, 1979: p. 55 Chapin 1881: 48-49 Jewett 1879 II: 436 OWNER: Peter and Anne Gaurillen 81 North Main Street Uxbridge, MA 01569 20M-2/80 NPS Form 10-900-a (3-82) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service .
National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form Continuation sheet Item number Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Name State Uxbridge Multiple Resource Area MA Nomination/Type of Review 1. Adams, Benjamin, House Intared in the National Register 2. Albee, E., House Intered in the Nationn1 Begieter OMB No. 1024-0018 Exp. 10-31-84 For NPS use only received 5 126/83 date entered Page (of5 dnr-11 3. Aldrich, Daniel, Cottage and Entered in the Sawmill Nationel Begieter y°4. Aldrich, J., House 5. Aldrich, W., House 6. Aldrich, S., House 7. Bank Building 8. Brown, E., House 9. Butler Block Substantive RevIew Motared In the National Register Entered in the National Begister Entered in the National Begieter Entered in the National Begteter Entered in the Nationnl Begister 10.
Carpenter, George, House Iatered in the Mert1oön1 Register Date/Signature Theeper dulaunßgen 0/13 Attest tKeeper AeluresByen 10/7/83 Attest bKeeper OdelueaByen 10/2/83 Attest y Keeper Rue hen Denpl 1/20/84 Attest fikeeper AeuaByen 10/7/8= Attest ) Keeper OelreaByen 10/7/83 Attest HKeeper deluresByen 10/7/83 Attest fuzeeper AeloreeByen 10/2/83 Attest fikeeper AelmesByen 10/7/83 Attest fKeeper Delureryus 10/2/83 Attest WASO Form - 177 ("R" June 1984) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET Adams, Benjamin, House (Uxbridge MRA) Worcester County MASSA CHUSETTS resubmission nomination by person or local government owner objection appeal Substantive Review: Reviewer's comments: sample request Working No._ AUG 2 6 1983 Fed. Reg.
Date: 2-5-85 Date Due: - 9/22/85 -18/18/83 Action: LACCEPT- 10/1/83 Intered in the RETURN National Begister_ REJECT Federal Agency: appeal -NR decision Recom./Criteria Reviewer Discipline Date _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: . _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification Category Ownership Public Acquisition 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? yes no 7. Description Condition excellent good fair deteriorated ruins unexposed Check one - unaltered altered Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance summary paragraph completeness clarity alterations/integrity dates boundary selection Status Accessible Present Use Check one original site moved date 8.
Significance Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Specific dates Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Builder/Architect summary paragraph completeness clarity applicable criteria justification of areas checked relating significance to the resource context relationship of integrity to significance justification of exception other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: national state local State Historic Preservation Officer signature date title 13.
Other Maps Photographs Other Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to - Signed - Date - Phone:_ Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet Town: Uxbridge MRA,Ma Form #48-113 Benjamin Adams House 3 .3400 80 4 1 HAY NORTH 1 142.85 142.85° 86-A!. 15,370K 33.19° E ST. AL D 102 1,00.5 i0! 1 K/0O 03.31 103 1D'A 168.560 167,43° 9917779 Y F0 8529 ST: 252.8° 10% 069A. 295° 351.38° 130.8° ~0° CH R 150 A 106 F10T 0."A. 5. 150 76.5 104.5° 100 0.831 (GR.f 015/0% 950 110 186°2 19,3708 - 20 85,15-6070 ST. SNOWLING Uxbridge Multiple Resource Area Benjamin Adams House 81 North Main Street Map #48 Lot #113 Uxbridge Assessors 1" = 200' 1983 4 8 3.884. 120-73° n112 : 112-24 106.15° RTH SEAGRAVE HARTFORD 358,31 331.68° 1.8GA. 5.34. 39 R.R. 327' 2.LA. 142,56° ST. 178. 178° 194.30 'a. 17%° ''s 151.3° 337 a.52. 143.22° 150.5 2a2.8s 66 74.50 20,855 5o.
20,025 $ 330 *.. R2A 343,84° 313.910 .1l 99.7° 34. :352 350.96 311.12° 22.251 37,880 ° 35 107.25 0.%A. A IN 65,g/c Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet for this property Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000299